DJ Don - Stand Tall

I don't totally want to get into the habit of posting new music; as you can imagine it could become pretty time consuming, and how do you even begin to chose... but... If I find stuff while browsing around and the synth gear is listed, I'll try and post it. Also it doesn't hurt if the track sounds good to me. : ) This particular track by DJ Don is pretty bad ass. Starts with a beat reminiscent of The Jesus and Mary Chain's Sidewalking and then goes Kasabian on you. But... It has it's own sound. Gear used includes guitar, Roland V-Synth XT, Novation X-Station 25, and Reason. Title link takes you there. Enjoy.

Neon Synths - New Flickr Shots

More like color saturated, but you get the point. Some more after click. Two shots of a Juno 6 below.

Salamander SMS Modular

The picture below popped up in my random picture viewer. I was wondering what the heck it was, so I was going to post to ask; but then I realized, duh, the name of the picture (20041030_AES_62.JPG) stands for the 2004 AES. I dug in the AH Archives and found the source of the image. Mark Pulver's site. I also found what it is. Title link will take you there, including more shots.



"Info from AH member Chris Muir:

(it's) 'Not (exactly) DIY. That's a Salamander (aka SMS) modular. That one belongs to Naut Humon (Rhythm and Noise, Asphodel). It's probably the largest one in existence, although I have a pretty good sized one, too.'"

Link to AES homepage if you are interested.

Site Updates

I'm going to be getting rid of the Categories sections. I had General, Manuals, Pics and Samples. It's a pain when there is overlap and if a post has pics, manuals, or samples I usually say so. The search feature to the right pretty much takes care of finding stuff. If anyone is completely opposed say so in the next couple of days, otherwise it's gone. : )

Also making the page a we bit wider.

Korg Mono/Poly Sample

From Ben via AH. Mono/Poly arpeggiation and Korg Stage Echo. Grab it while you can. : )

Acidlab Bassline

Acidlab Bassline. Click through for more. The Bilder link will take you to pictures and the Klang link will take you to samples. Some great tracks. Enjoy.

Two tasty shots:

Roland TB303 AcidLab Mod

AcidLab mod DIY on the 'bay. Note that this is only for the mod kit, not the TB303 modded. Title link takes you to shots saved for posterity.



Mod details:
THE INPUTS ARE Q- ACCENT- GATE- SLIDE- VCF- VCF CUT OFF-VCA-CV THESE ARE FOR USE WITH A MIDI-CV CONVERTER , ANALOG SYNTH OR TB-303.

THE OUTPUTS ARE EG- ACCENT- SLIDE- SQUARE- SAW- VCF THESE COULD BE PATCHED TO AN EXTERNAL FITER OR EFFECTS UNIT OR TB-303.

TOGGEL SWITCHS :

ACCENT - UP NORMAL, DOWN ACCENTS ON ALL NOTES .

SLIDE- UP NORMAL, DOWN SLIDE ON ALL NOTES.

WAVEFORM MODULATION- SAW, SQUARE.

RESONANCE- UP NORMAL , DOWN REAR VCF INPUT.

POTENTIOMETERS;

DECAY- FROM OFF TO STANDERD.

RESONANCE- ADDS Q LEVEL.

X-MOD- MODULATION LEVEL.

OVERDRIVE- VOLUME CONTROL OF VCO TO FILTER .

POTS COME WITH 303 TYPE KNOBS TO RETAIN ORIGINAL LOOK.

LEDS: THREE NEW LEDS SHOW PROGRAMMING ACCENT, SLIDE, BEND.

ACIDLAB KIT COMES WITH FACEPLATE OVERLAY- 4 KNOBS- 4 POTS-4 SWITCHES- 3 LEDS- 8 INPUTS- 6 OUTPUTS- COLOR CODED INSTRUCTIONS WITH WIRES- ALL RESISTORS- CAPS- DIODES- POT MOUNTS- REAR STICKER- YOU GET ALL PARTS NEEDED TO UPGRADE YOUR ROLAND TB-303, THIS KIT GIVES THE TB-303 A NEW VINTAGE LOOK WITH THE ABILITY OF MODULAR SYNTHESIS FOR NEW SOUND TEXTURES AND CONTROL.

DJ Dab DIY

Via GetLoFi. Title link takes you to more including some samples.

JSynthLib

Update: Thanks to Chris for helping me out. For whatever reason my browser downloaded the file as a .zip. Renaming it to .jar and then running java -jar JSynthLib-0.20.0.jar from a command prompt did the trick.

Title link will take you to JSynthLib, an open source unniversal editor and librarian. Pretty cool. I remember painfully shelling out $150 for SoundDiver way back. Click through for more including a list of supported synths.

Update: I couldn't get this thing to work. The instructions state: "Run JSynthLib.jar by typing java -jar JSynthLib-XXX.jar from the command prompt." One problem. There is no .jar file in the download; I extracted the package and did a dir *.jar /s - nothing (star dot jar - I like that : )). If anyone knows what the heck I'm doing wrong, or get's it to work, please let me know. And no, "what you are doing wrong is using Windows instead of a Mac." I already know that. : )

Bohm Sound Lab

Bohm Sound Lab. Title link will take you to some user reviews on Sonic State. It was a banana jack mini modular.


Click here for more shots.


From the reviews on Sonic State:
"I own a system with 2 VCOs, VCF, ADSR, VCA and the multifunction module. I also own a Doepfer A-100 system, but this modular is much powerfull."